e-GEOS wins satellite data contracts in Indonesia, Japan
e-GEOS, which distributes data from the COSMO-SkyMed satellite constellation owned by the Leonardo Group and the Italian government, has just clinched two contracts for Indonesia and Japan respectively.
In Indonesia, e-GEOS won...
JAXA launches radar satellite ASNARO-2
In its first launch of the year, Japan’s space agency JAXA launched its radar satellite ASNARO-2 using its small launcher Epsilon-3. The launch took place this morning, at 6:06 a.m. JST...
Axelspace’s $22.8m funding, 2 upcoming launches & new partnerships
Axelspace, a Japanese space startup developing its own Earth imaging satellites, has raised 2.58 billion JPY (US$22.8 mlllion) in its Series B funding round. The funds will be used to develop...
The Philippine microsat program & satellite control centre
Last week we wrote about how CubeSats from Philippines, Bhutan and Malaysia were launched to the ISS on the Falcon 9 CRS-15 mission, as part of the BIRDS-2 project. This is...
Japan-Thailand radar to study plasma bubbles that affect GNSS accuracy
Today, Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) announced the commencement of operations of a VHF radar that will study how plasma bubbles cause radio interference that can affect...
DLR, University of Sydney sign MoU on R&D and teaching
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the renowned University of Sydney have declared their intention for future cooperation in research and teaching activities related to aerospace...
Arianespace to launch KOMPSAT-7 for South Korea’s space agency
South Korea’s space agency, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), will launch earth observation satellite KOMPSAT-7 on Arianespace’s Vega C rocket in 2021.
KOMPSAT-7 will be the fourth KARI satellite – as...
DS-SAR satellite acquired by Singapore’s defence technology agency & ST Electronics
Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), the executive technology agent for the country’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), has jointly acquired a new earth observation satellite with ST Electronics, a Singapore-based...
Axelspace’s first sat for Earth Observation constellation successfully orbited
On December 27th 2018 at 11:07 JST (02:07 UTC), the microsatellite GRUS, developed by Japanese startup Axelspace Corporation, was successfully orbited. The launch took place from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome using the...
Dr Megan Clark details the priorities of the Australian Space Agency
The Australian Space Agency began operations on 1 July 2018, and has since been busy mapping the future of Australia’s space industry.
At the Space Industry Association of Australia’s (SIAA's) Fourth Annual...
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